Past and future are dreams;
now is a reality. All things are
now; all power, all possibility,
all action is now.
Not to act and accomplish now
is not to act and accomplish at
all.
Premise
To live in thoughts of what you
might have done, or in dreams
of what you mean to do, this is
folly: but to put away regret, to
anchor anticipation, and to do
and to work now, this is wisdom.
Let a man put away egotism,
and he will see the universe in
all the beauty of its pristine
simplicity.
Let him annihilate the delusion
of the personal "I," and he will
destroy all the illusions which
spring from that "I."
1. Calcination (Here is where
we start letting go of egotism,
self­doubt...)
He will thus "re­become a little
child," and will "revert to
Original Simplicity."
Thou hast thy trials? Every
outward trial is the replica of an
inward imperfection.
2. Dissolution (In this phase
lack of responsibility, avoidance
of traumatizing memories, and
other inner resistance elements
are brought forth for
purification.)
Allowing vs Force
Thou shalt grow wise by
knowing this, and shalt thereby
transmute trial into active joy,
finding the Kingdom where trial
cannot come.
Man evolves outward to the
periphery of complexity, and
then involves backward to the
Central Simplicity.
3. Separation (What is
authentic and true to you. How
do you really want to be, this or
that...)
He then starts upon the Way
which leads to the Original
Simplicity.
Say to yourself, "I will live in
my Ideal now; I will manifest
my Ideal now; I will be my
Ideal now; and all that tempts
me away
4. Conjunction (Accept and
integrate the parts of your
authentic self.)
7 Stages of Spiritual Alchemy
5. Fermentation (We deepen
our connection to the inner
voice while detaching from
certain past identifications.)
from my Ideal I will not listen
to; I will listen only to the voice
of my Ideal." Thus resolving,
and thus doing, you shall not
de­part from the Highest, and
shall eternally manifest the
True.
Said a great Teacher to his
disciples, "Those who shall be a
lamp unto them­selves, relying
upon themselves only, and not
relying upon any external help,
but holding fast to the Truth as
their lamp, and, seeking their
salvation in the Truth alone,
shall not look for assistance to
any besides themselves, it is
they among my disciples who
shall reach the very topmost
height! But they must be willing
to learn."
Wisdom, which is the aim of
every philosophy, is distinct
from all philosophies.
6. Distillation (Integrate inner
realizations into our lives in
order to allow them to become
permanent. Finding love and
flow in all things.)
7. Coagulation (One with the
divine.. inner world and outer
world are not different, but
reflections of each other as
ONE.)
The Unfailing Wisdom is found
only by constant practice in
pure thinking and well­doing;
by harmonizing one’s mind and
heart to those things which are
beautiful, lovable, and true.
Standing upon the imperishable
Principles of Purity,
Compassion, Wisdom and Love,
they are immortal, and know
they are immortal; they are one
with God (the Supreme Good),
and know they are one with
God.
Seeing the realities of things,
they can find no room
anywhere for condemnation.